Hammock-chair



(No Model.)

G. B. HOOK.

HAMMOGK CHAIR.

No. 330,705. Patented Nov. 17, 1885.

Inventor:

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UNITED STATES PATENT GEE-ICE.

GEORGE B. HOOK, OF BREWER, MAINE.

HAMMOCK-CHAIR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 330,705, dated November 17, 1885.

Application filed August 25, 1885. Serial No. 175,289.

T0 at whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE B.'HooK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brewer, in the county of Penobscot and State of Maine, have invented a new and useful Hammock Chair; andI do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. I

Myinvention relates to an improved hammock-chair or swinging seat, and is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a top View or pattern of one of the two pieces which form the seat of my chair. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of my seat and foot-rest. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of my seat and foot-rest with awning attachment.

Similar letters refer to corresponding parts throughout the figures. The object ofv my invention is to provide a suspended swinging seat, the body of which shall be capable of adjustment at various a11- gles, and furnished with a foot-rest so attached as to be capable of adjustment longitudinally and at any desired angle with reference to the seat proper.

My invention consists of a peculiarly formed and constructed seat, A, in the method of suspending the seat, in the attachment of the apron B, and in the arrangement of the footrest 0 and awning E. My method of suspension is, however-,applicable to chairs and hammocks of various kinds.

The back and bottom of my seat A is preferably made of duck or any strong textile or pliable fabric. It is formed in two, pieces, shaped as shown in Fig. 1, long enough to extend from slightly above the head to the bend of the knee when the person for whom the seat is designed is in a sitting posture. Each piece is cut in the following manner: The outer edge, w, is slightly concaved or hollowed inward and the inner edge, 00, is sharply curved outward at the lower end, which is to become a part of the bottom of the seat. Extending upward from the convexity named the curve of the inner edge diminishes gradually toward the head. The head y and foot 2 of each piece are cut off on a bias from the end of the inner edge toward the middle of the outer edge, the bias at the foot being greater (No model.)

than at the top. The relative proportions of the curves and biases are not absolute, and may bevaried as desired. The inner edges, :20, of the two pieces formed as described, are then sewed together or otherwise united, and the outer edges, 10, nailed or lapped over and sewed around or otherwise secured to two arms or ribs. t t, of wood or any stiff or rigid material, curved sharply at their lower ends at somewhat less than a right angle and of a length equal to the outer edges, 10, of the seat. The bends of the arms may be re-enforced and stiffened with metal straps bent to the curve of the arms. N 0 cross pieces or braces are used to preserve the spread of the arms, and the seat thus formed when suspended, as hereinafter shown, and occupied,will, like a hammock, partially envelope and to a great extent adapt itself to the form of the occupant, whosehips rest in the sag of the seat formed by the convexities of the pieces of which the seat is made.

The object of cutting bias the ends of the pieces of which the seat is made is to give straight edges at top and bottom where the pieces are united. The head, sides, back, and legs as far down as the knees of the occupant are thus supported and protected, and, when desired,the lower part of the legs also by the .apron B, as hereinafter shown.

The seat is suspended in the following manner: Near the ends of each of the arms t t, at f h f h, I attach the suspending-lines a a a a,

and at convenient points near the centers of such lines I secure the eyes or rings b b b b, or as many more of such rings as may be desired. These eyes are adapted to engage with hooks c c, fixed in any rigid supports, from whence the whole device is suspended. The object of the several eyes I) b at different positions upon the lines a a a a is to alter the inclination of the seat proper, A. WVhen used in a nearly-perpendicular position, the seat should be suspended by the eyes I) b, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. When a partially-reclining position is desired, the seat is suspended from the eyes I) b, or from other eyes still farther downward upon the parts aa of the suspending-lines, the effect being to lower the top and raise the bottom of the seat A.

The foot-rest O is preferably made of wood or some rigid substance, and is attached to the ICO parts a a of the suspending-lines by the lines 9 g g g. The ends of the parts 9 g of these lines are attached to a a at convenient points, 0 0, and running through grommets d d, which encircle these lines, and the parts a a, of the suspending-lines downward through apertures n n in the foot-rest 0, pass under the bottom of the foot-rest, and thence upward through. apertures m m in the foot-rest, are secured to the parts a a of the suspending-lines at convenient points, 19 p, first passing through the grommets e e, encircling these lines and the parts a a of the suspending-lines.

As the lines 9 g g g render and work freely in the apertures m n m n, the foot-rest 0, when occupied by the feet, will, by a slight pressure, assume a position at any convenient inclinanation. If the foot-rest G is found to be too far removed from the seat to accommodate the occupant, one pair or both of the grommets d d e 0 may be slid down to the positions shown in the drawings or even farther, the lines g g g g rendering through the apertures in the foot-rest. If it is desired to lengthen the lines 9 g g g and carry the foot-rest G farther from the seat A, one pair or both of the grommets are slid upward. i

I also provide an apron, 13, either permanent or detachable, extending from the lower end of the seat A to the footrest O. This apron forms a protection for the backs of the legs when the seat is used in an upright position, and when the seat is tilted back to, arreclining position forms, substantially, an extension of the body of the seat.

I have further provided, as an attachment to my seat, the awning E, applied as shown in Fig. 3, which I suspend by rings or loops from the hooks c c in such a manner as to admit of its tilting forward and backward. Through rings or eyes at convenient points upon the arms of the seat A, I pass loosely the lines i i i i, the ends of which I make fast to convenient points upon the front and back of the awning-frame. If the sun is front, the parts i i of the lines are pulled down and the awning is tilted forward, and if the sun is behind the parts 12 43 of the lines are pulled down and the awning is tilted backward, the bights of the lines being pulled out and knottedto any convenient point, and the position of the awning thus secured.

My suspension device may be used upon variously-formed seats and either with or without the foot-rest attachment, and by varying the curve and lengthof the arms and the bag of my seat different requirements may be accammpde e Having thus described my invention,what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s

1. The herein described seat, formed of two pieces of any strong textile or pliable substance, each shaped with a convexity on its inner edge and a concavity on the outer' edge, the same being secured together lengthwise at their inner edges and secured at their outer edges to curved arms.

2. Theherein-described device for suspending a swinging seat or hammock, consisting of the suspension-lines a a a, a, furnished at convenient points near their centers with a sufficient number of eyes adapted to engage with hooks attached to rigid supports.

3. In combination with a seat swinging or suspended by the suspension-lines a a c a 0 in. any equivalent manner, the foot-rest O,

supported and adjustable longitudinally by lines 9 g g 9, attached at their upper ends to convenient points, 0 0, upon the parts a af of the suspension -lines and running through grommets d d, encircling said lines and the partsa a of the suspension-lines,through apertnres n n in said foot -rest,under the bottom Ofsaid foot-rest, and thenceupward through apertures m m in said foot-rest and through grommets e e, encircling said lines and the parts a a" of the suspension-lines, t0 QQnyenientpoints, p 1), upon said partsaa of the suspension-lines.

4. The herein-described swinging seat or hammock, consisting of the combination .Of the 7 seat A, suspension-lines a nd a a, provided with eyes 12 b b b foot-rest G, and lines 9,9 g 9, attached at their upper ends to. convenien points, 0 0, upon the parts a a of the suspension-lines, and running through grommets d d, encircling said lines, and the parts a a of the suspension-lines, through apertures in the foot-rest 0, under the bottom of said footrest, and thence upward through apertures m m in said foot-rest, and through grommets e e, encircling said lines, and the parts a a of the suspension-lines, to convenient points, 1) 11, upon said parts a a of the suspension-lines, the whole with or without the apron B, all as shown and described, and substantially asand for the purpose specified.

GEORGE B. HOOK. \Vitnesses:

R. W. CURRIER, EMMA G. AIKEN. 

